Pre-9/11, hardly anyone had even heard of the Taliban. Remember that "Al Qaeda" = CIA. The only fault of the Taliban, at least as it directly impacted the US, was their failure to prevent the Al Qaeda / CIA buildup. Before the CIA fuckery, the Taliban at least maintained a fairly stable Afghanistan. By no means are these people saints, on the contrary they are evil assholes, but like Sadaam, Gadafi and Assad, they are better than the alternative jihadists who truly want to destroy the infidels worldwide. Bush laid the groundwork, then Obama's buffoonery destabilized the region, created a power vacuum and led to this mess. The Taliban isn't going to be crossing the ocean with those tanks or attempting to fly those choppers anywhere close to our major military forces. Sure they pose a risk to our allies, and by that I mean basically Israel, but just like Iran and the other Muslim states, they are not idiotic enough to attempt conventional war against Israel, let alone us.
Pre-9/11, hardly anyone had even heard of the Taliban. Remember that "Al Qaeda" = CIA. The only fault of the Taliban, at least as it directly impacted the US, was their failure to prevent the Al Qaeda / CIA buildup. Before the CIA fuckery, the Taliban at least maintained a fairly stable Afghanistan. By no means are these people saints, on the contrary they are evil assholes, but like Sadaam, Gadafi and Assad, they are better than the alternative jihadists who truly want to destroy the infidels worldwide. Bush laid the groundwork, then Obama's buffoonery destabilized the region, created a power vacuum and led to this mess. The Taliban isn't going to be crossing the ocean with those tanks or attempting to fly those choppers anywhere close to our major military forces. Sure they pose a risk to our allies, and by that I mean basically Israel, but just like Iran and the other Muslim states, they are not idiotic enough to attempt conventional war against Israel, let alone us.